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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.IT industry ignores silver surfers at its perilHardware and software vendors are foolish to ignore the needs of the growing population of older computer and information technology users, the so-called "silver surfers". US researchers offer convincing evidence in a monograph to be published in the International Journal of Intercultural Information Management that from the business perspective, seniors represent a rapidly growing sector of the market with the most disposable income to spend on these companies' products.http://phys.org/news/2013-05-industry-silver-surfers-peril.html
Other Tue, 14 May 2013 10:12:57 EDTnews287745136Amazing map is made up of everyone in the US and CanadaNow this is something different: an interactive and zoomable map of the United States and Canada, made not from political boundaries or geographic landforms but rather of tiny dots—341,817, 095 of them, to be exact—each one representing an individual person counted in the 2010 (US) and 2011 (Canada) censuses. There's no other feature on this map except those dots, each randomly placed within the regional blocks used by the census, yet we still end up with a very recognizable structure.http://phys.org/news/2013-01-amazing-canada.html
Space Exploration Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:58:32 EDTnews277459100US incomes, poverty rate fall in 2011: official US households saw incomes shrink for a second straight year in 2011 as the economy struggles to recover from the Great Recession, but the poverty rate also edged lower, official data showed Wednesday.http://phys.org/news/2012-09-incomes-poverty-fall.html
Social Sciences Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:44:25 EDTnews266672658Senior citizens a bigger slice of US society: census People over 65 make up an increasingly large slice of US society, some 40.3 million in 2010, the US Census Bureau reported Wednesday.http://phys.org/news/2011-12-senior-citizens-bigger-slice-society.html
Social Sciences Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:13:24 EDTnews241927989Never-married women face social stigma, researchers findIn 2009, approximately 40 percent of adults were single, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In a new study, "I'm a Loser, I'm Not Married, Let's Just All Look at Me," a University of Missouri researcher examined the familial and societal messages given to women who are not married by their mid-30's. Although the number of single women has increased, the stigma associated with being single at that age has not diminished, according to the women in this study.http://phys.org/news/2010-03-never-married-women-social-stigma.html
Social Sciences Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:10:38 EDTnews188568593Univision launches YouTube channelTop US Spanish-language television network Univision has launched its own channel on YouTube, featuring short clips and full shows.http://phys.org/news/2010-02-univision-youtube-channel.html
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